Citations:duck-billed cat

English citations of duck-billed cat

• 1876, David Starr Jordan, Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States, page 310:

  1. POLYODON, Lacepede. DUCK-BILLED CATS.

  = Spatularia, Shaw.

  = Planirostra, Lesucur.

  1. P. folium, Lacepede. DUCK-BILLED CAT. SPOON-BILLED STURGEON. Snout nearly 1/3 of length; […] . A singular fish, bearing considerable resemblance to a shark.

• 1878 May 3, David Starr Jordan, A Catalogue of the Fishes of the Fresh Waters of North America:

  ACIPENSERIDÆ.

  4.—ACIPENSER Linnæus. 1758. Sturgeons.

  13. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. Great Lakes and north.

  […]

  POLYODONTIDÆ.

  6.—POLYODON Lacépède. 1798. Duck-billed Cats.

  17. Polyodon folium Lacépède. Mississippi Valley.

• 1896, Ulysses Orange Cox, A Report Upon the Fishes of Southwestern Minnesota, in the Report of the Commissioner of Fish, page 605:

  Fishes from the Minnesota River and its tributaries:

  1. Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard. Lamprey. One specimen was taken from [the] Minnesota River at Mankato in 1892, and so far this is the only one that has been recorded.

  2. Polyodon spathula (Walbaum). Paddle-fish; Spoon-bill; Duck-billed Cat. Several specimens have been taken […]

• 1922, Laws of the State of Mississippi, chapter 181, section 16(a), page 180:

  For the purpose of this act the following shall be considered as gross fish: Spoon-bills (paddle-fish), duck-billed cats, bow-fins […] buffalo fish, suckers, gaspergou (fresh water drum, thunder pumper), […]